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J. W. PATTERSON & N. R. JONES.

VEHICLE. 4 No. 313,763. Patented Mar. 10, 1885.

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VEHICLE. No. 313.763. Patented Mar. 10, 1885.

FIGJL body and fifth-wheel or wear-iron at top.

UNITE Starts Parent JOHN WILLIAM PATTERSON AND NICHOLAS ROWLAND JONES,OF SLAUGH- TERVILLE, KENTUCKY.

VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,763, dated March10, 1885.

Application filed October 20, 1884. (Model) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN WV. PATTERSON and NIoHoLAs R. JONES, citizensof the United States, residing at Slaughterville,in the county oflVebster and State of Kentucky, have in vented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

The improvements relate to means for supporting the body of the wagon orbuggy from the axles through the medium of springs in such a manner thatthe cost of construction is lessened, the turning of the wagon or buggyin less space is permitted, and the disagreeable end or side motion ofthe bed upon its springs entirely done away with. To these ends weemploy fore and aft half elliptic springs, which are fastened by clipsdirectly to the axles at bottom, and respectively to the An iron bolsterand brace are provided for attachment of the fifth-wheel to the body,and other braces are employed for stiffening the springs from the axlesto which they are clipped.

In order that our invention may be more fully understood, we willproceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure I is an under side View of our im- 0 proved vehicle. Fig.II is a side elevation thereof. Fig. III is a vertical longitudinal section of thesame.

1 is the bed or body of a wagon or buggy. 2 are the axles, and 3 thecouplings on the front axle, of ordinary form,for the attachment of atongue or shaft. To the under side of the axles are fastened, by clips4, half-elliptic springs 5 6. The springs 5 are braced from the rearaxle by arms 7, and are clipped at 4.0 their forward ends to thewagon-body or a bolster, 8, thereon. The rear ends of the springs 5 areconnected to the rear end of the body by a spring, 9, formed insections, and whose ends 10 11 are clamped in a strap, 12,

fixed to the wagon-body, or to abolster theretachment of the forwardends of the springsG, and is clamped at the center to the A'shapedplatform 14, to the rear ends of which are A similar spring, 13, isemployed for atclipped the rear ends of the springs 6. The ends of theplatform 14 are extended to form steps 15, one or the other of which isextended beyond the body, according to which way the front axle isturned. The wear-iron or fifthwheel 15 L6 is bolted to the platforml4,which is pivoted by king-bolt 17 to an iron or other bolster, 18, onthe forward end of the wagonbody. A bracket, 19, bolted to thewagonbody, or a bolster thereon, braces the lower end of the king-boltand obviates the necessity of employing a reach or pole.

It will be seenthat with such a construction as here shown the frontaxle is not weakened by having the king-bolt pass through it, and theking-bolt may be placed at such a distance in the rear thereof as toafford a large swing to the axle, thus enabling the wagon or buggy toturn in a much smaller space than a vehicle of ordinary construction. Byusing fore and aft springs for both the front and rear axles rigidlyconnected to the platform and body and braced by the transverse portionsof the springs 9 18 and theplatform 14 both end and side motion of thebody are entirely done away with.

Having thus described our invention, the following is what We claim asnew therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination with the body 1,the braces 18 19, and the upperwear-iron, 15, supported thereon, the halfelliptic springs 6, clipped tothe front axle, the springs 13, having the overlapping transverseportions, the platform 14, to which the springs 6 and 13 are attached,

and the lower wear-irons, 16, all constructed and arranged substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination, the body 1, the transverse brace 18, and thelongitudinal brace 19, the wear-irons 15 16, and the platform 14, lo-

cated between said braces, the king-bolt 17,- passed through the whole,as described, and

springs supporting said platform, as set forth.

3. In combination with a spring having a transverse portion fixeddirectly to the Wagonbody, as shown, a rear axle and half-ellipticsprings connected at their rear ends to the upper spring and at theirforwards ends to the wagon-body.

' secured thereto, and the quarter elliptic springs portions, asdescribed, in combination with the 4. In combination with the fore andaft springs fixed to the axle, side rods also fixed to said axle at oneend and to the said springs at the other for bracing'the same,substantially as set forth.

5. Thefrontaxle,2.thehalf-ellipticsprings6, 1

quarter-elliptic form and the wear-irons supported thereby, asexplained.

7. The combination, with the bottom halfelliptic member of a spring, ofthe upper quarter-elliptic member secured to said bottom member at oneend and having at the other a rigid horizontal transverse arm secured tothe bottom or platform of the wagon, as set forth.

8. In a platform spring-wagon, the combination, with the platform, thelowerwearplatform 14, of A form, having the transverse l iron supportedthereby, and the upper wearportions of the springs 13 secured to itsunited I iron secured to the body of the wagon, or a end and the rearextremities of the springs 6 I! bolster secured thereto, of a king-boltpassing secured to its divergent arms, and the wearl through saidwear-irons and platform, and a irons 15 16, substantially as set forth.1' brace extending from the floor of the wagon 13, secured at theirforward extremities to the springs 6, and having the horizontaltransverse l 6. In a spring-wagon, a platform of A form f and embracingsaid king-bolt below the plathaving the rear extremities of the upper lform, substantially as set forth.

quarter-elliptic members of the front springs JOHN WILLIAM PATTERSON.connected withits united ends and the rear NICHOLAS ROXVLAND JONES.extremities of thelowerhalf-elliptic members WVitnesses:

of said springs secured to its divergent arms, I

t H. H. WHITSON, in combination with said springs of threes W. R;PARKER.

